38 THE FCR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



Above Polovina Point extend steep clirts with a narrow beach of shingle, along 

 whicii liareuis are scattered in detached gronps. Occasional breaks or rnnways in 

 the clifl' wall give access to the flat ground above, and at one or two i)oints the harems 

 overtlow on the level. At the last break iu the cliff is a large hauling ground. 

 Tlie ('lift' then closes in, and for a half mile leaves no room for tlie seals to lie. Again, 

 as at the southern end, the> clitf shades off in a gradual slope to the sand beach, which 

 continues to the northward as far as Northeast Point. On this northern rocky slope 

 of the clirt' is situated the small but picturesque rookery of Little Polovina, in reality 

 an overtlow of the greater rookery. The Polovina rookeries have a^ population of 

 about 20,000 seals of all classes. 



4. Lulnnin {name of an early seal hunter). — From Stony Point to the southward is 

 the great sand beach of Lukanin. At its end rises the rocky slope of Lukanin llill, 

 along which the rookery of the same name lies. At the northern end is the hauling 

 ground of the rookery. It is a favorite resort for the very young bachelors, a greater 

 ])roportion being found here than on any other rookery. Part of the breeding ground 

 lies at the foot of cliffs, which are easy of approach, and as the rookery is near to the 

 village it has been made the subject of close study by numerous observers. 



5. Kitovi [of the irh(ile). — This rookery is merely a continuation of lAikanin, from 

 which it is separated by the purely arbitrary boundary of Lukanin I'oint. The 

 rookery lies along bold rocks, basaltic columns, and slopes of cinder and lava. It 

 is an ideal rookery ground, as the slight mortality of pups indicates, only about 109 

 dead pups being found in 1890 in a total of 0,049. The hauling ground of this 

 rookery is unimportant, probably because the bachelors haul out with those from 

 Lukanin. The few which haul out at Kitovi proper are found at the southern end of 

 the rookery, back of Kitovi Bay. Kitovi and Lukanin are in reality one great 

 rookery. They represent a total population ot about l'."),000 seals. 



(J. Beef {RnssUm, rifovoye). — At tlie southern end of St. Paul Island another long 

 narrow neck of land juts out, known as Eeef peninsula. On the southern shore of this 

 peninsula is the great breeding ground known as Iteef rookery. The harenis lie along 

 the irregular beach for a distance of nearly a mile. In the central portion the seals 

 extend back in long, wedge shaped masses for a considerable distance over the gentle 

 slope strewn with large bowlders. 



In the rear of the central i)ortion of this rookery is the great hauling ground, 

 which lies in a hollow between two rocky ridges. Connecting this hauling ground with 

 the sea are four runways, whicli divide the rookery into five large masses. In two of 

 these runways occur ponds of water, which fill by the surf in the winter and become 

 indescribably foul in summer, as the bachelors wallow through them. 



Eeef rookery is one of the largest on the islands. It is separated from its fellow 

 (Gorbatch) on the other side of the peninsula by a broad fiat upland, known as the 

 "parade ground." This i)arade ground occupies the highest part of the peninsula. 

 It extends back from the perpendicular clifl's at the westward end in a long easy slope 

 to the eastward, where it falls to the water's edge at the beginning of the rookery. 



This space was a favorite playground for the bachelors of the two rookeries in the 

 palmy days, and the wandering bands of seals kept its surface bare. A few bachelors 

 still haul across it, but for the most part it is to-day overgrown with grass and weeds. 



7. tSiruteh (aea lion) Rod: — About a third of a mile oft' shore from Reef rookery 

 is a small crescent-shaped rocky islet. Its southern side is an abrupt cliff, but to the 



